I don’t often disagree with you Alyson, but on this point (based on my experience) I do. I no longer use a prong collar, because I discovered the No Pull Harness and now use that, but I’ve used a prong in the past on a large dog that was a puller. I wouldn’t use it on a small dog, because they’re easier to control with other methods (the No Pull Harness).

Before I bought the prong collar, I wrapped it around my arm, making sure that the inside of my arm (the soft, fleshy part) was making contact with the prongs. I them pulled on the end of the collar very hard. Know what? Didn’t really hurt that much. It was uncomfortable enough, that I didn’t want to do it again. I really don’t see how being uncomfortable for a bit, and learning that the uncomfortableness is the result of your own actions, is bad. That’s how the No Pull Harness works as well, it makes their armpits uncomfortable when they pull.

JMO